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View full size(Publicity Photo)Drew Roy: Clanton, Alabama, native is playing down talk that he might join be in "Breaking Dawn," part of the highly successful "Twilight" movie series.

You might have seen this Clanton, Alabama, native as Hannah Montana's love interest on the hit Disney show. Or maybe you or your children have seen him on the tween sensation TV show iCarly. OK, maybe you caught him as Travis Benjamin in the TV series ""Lincoln Heights."

Still not ringing a bell? Well he's also now seen opposite Diane Lane in the Disney movie "Secretariat" and is in shooting TNT's upcoming Steven Spielberg-produced alien-invasion series, "Falling Skies."

The 24-year-old Roy says that's all a rumor. "I am as surprised as you are on that one," Roy told E!. "I got a call from my dad the other day and he was like, 'Oh, whoa son! You didn't tell us that you were up for a film?' I was like, 'I didn't know either.' So yeah, it's just a full-blown rumor."'Honeymoon Dive' book examines death of Hoover bride

A recently published book entitled "Honeymoon Dive" examines the 2003 death in Australia of Tina Watson, the Hoover, Alabama, woman who had been married to Gabe Watson for less than two weeks when she died while diving on the Australian coast.

A recently published book entitled "Honeymoon Dive" examines the 2003 death in Australia of Tina Watson, the Hoover, Alabama, woman who had been married to Gabe Watson for less than two weeks when she died while diving on the Australian coast.

The Watsons took their wedding vows in Alabama, then had spent a week in Sydney before joining the Spoilsport, a boat that takes tourists on expeditions to dive sites on the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia.

According to a review of the book, published in September in Australia, "Gabe was passionate about diving and had taken several certificate courses, including rescue. To fit in, Tina had done a basic training course. Though the company had a policy of giving novice divers an orientation dive, Gabe's experience and the fact that Tina seemed happy to dive with him as her buddy saw the usual practice ignored."

Gabe Watson pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Tina Watson's death for failing to carry out his duties as his wife's dive buddy. He is serving 18 months in prison abroad, set to be released in November.

Upon his release, Gabe Watson could face capital murder charges in Alabama. Attorney General Troy King's office has been pushing to charge him here and, according to a recent Australian media report, grand jurors in Montgomery could meet later this month to review the case against Watson.

Should at least 12 of the 18 grand jury
members agree that Watson should be charged with capital murder, "it will give Alabama
prosecutors the green light to push ahead with a full-blown trial for
the 32-year-old bubble wrap salesman," the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

If
Watson is charged by the grand jury, he likely will be deported
under Australian guard from Brisbane to Los Angeles, where he would be
taken into custody after his plane lands on US soil, the Morning Herald reports.

Mobile native finalist for 'Miss Apple Bottoms'

Erica, a 20-year-old Mobile native and graduate of John L. LeFlore High School, is a finalist in the Miss Apple Bottoms contest.

Erica now attends Alabama A&M University and has taken part in numerous Huntsville-area fashion shows. She is a member of the Nemesis Dance Team and WARD Modeling Troop at Alabama A&M.

"I would say I am an over achiever," Erica said in her profile, which does not provide her full name. I always look for a great outcome in anything and everything I do. I have faith in God and always will -- He never lets me down."

The 14 finalists in the competition receive a trip to Las Vegas, where they will be invited to meet singer Nelly, according to the Miss Apple Bottoms website. They also are to receive a complete Apple Bottoms wardrobe and a collection of Apple Bottoms lifestyle products.

The Miss Apple Bottoms website does not provide Erica's full name.

In other Fodder news:

Hank Williams Jr. wears Saints Alabama hats: Hank Williams Jr. kept up a torrid hat-per-song pace early in on Saturday night at the Patriot Center, the Washington Post reports. Among the hats: "Monday Night Football" (for which he provides the theme song), the University of Alabama, John Deere and something called Dunn's Sporting Goods.

Daniela Gaskie: The first "Miss Kentucky Latina" has been stripped of her title and faces felony charges after she allegedly assaulted 2 people.

Miss Kentucky Latina stripped of crown: The first "Miss Kentucky Latina" has been stripped of her title and faces felony charges after she allegedly assaulted 2 people. Police say 22-year-old Daniela Gaskie stabbed a Kentucky gas station employee in the neck with a pen, then ran across the street and got into a fight with a pharmacist.